I am beginning to clean out my garage. I have gathered equipment over the years “in case” I needed it. In the case of screens I have 2 each 15 inch (VGA) and 3 each 17 inch (VGA) that I have tested working today. I have found that having a second screen on a system …
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I am shopping for a password manager and found 5 likely candidates below. I am looking for people that may have used one or several and have a strong opinion on which one to choose. Or is there another not among this group that someone likes a lot. Please email me at bill@pertel.com or go …
This one is amazing. I have copied it from the neighborhood blog today and shared it with my fiends here. WATCH OUT, the scammers are coming: From the Nextdoor Blog: Be Alert. This is very clever. I would probably fall for it, if not warned. Give this wide distribution. This scam is very clever. Just …
About once a week I get this scam call. The Law Enforcement department of the Federal Reserve has an arrest warrant out for me. It seems that I have done illegal transactions and they are coming for me. Initially it is a robo call and when I hit 1 I get a person with a …
I have been reading a book focused on solving problems. It is called “Thinkertoys” by Michael Michalko. The book goes into many ways to noodle out the solution to a problem, be it something from business like sales, or something you might be trying to do. It goes into how groups of people may solve …
The scammers are alive, well and very busy today. I have received 3 today from Apple tech support scammers. All 3 started with a Robo caller – 2 male voice and 1 female voice. ( OH NO! ) , My apple ID has been compromised. Click 1 to resolve it with a technician. Clicking 1 …
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Today [ 2021-04-22 ] Robo call telling me that $99.99 has been charged on my CC. directions are to call back the number in the Caller ID, or to call 769-572-3120 to pursue it with Amazon. The number I have for Amazon is, well, I cannot find one. Interesting as Amazon doesn’t want to talk …
Today a client could not open his email using Outlook 365. Looking at the task manager I saw several outlook entries. Going back to the desktop, double clicking on the Outlook icon. it trys to start and then fails to run. Selecting each Outlook instance in the task manager process list and then clicking the …
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This week I had 2 clients need to change their outlook password. Here are the steps for Office 365, but the steps are similar for previous versions… In the home screen for outlook, usually looking at the view of your inbox Click on File Click on Account Settings Click again on Account Settings in the …
Recently I have seen this happen. You are at the login screen for your computer and when you type, the characters do not fill in the password or PIN box. After working with this a while the solution is to reboot. After a reboot you should be able to login. Apparently there is a quirk …
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